Trump and Putin are to meet in the US Air Force base at 11 local time, i.e. at 21 in Poland. According to the Kremlin, both leaders will first meet in one -on -one format, and then there will be talks of the delegation during lunch.
Their full composition is unknown, but on the American side The participation of the Secretary of State Marco Rubio and a special Middle East, Steve Witkoff, are expected. On the Russian side there will be The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov, Putin's advisor for international Jurij Ruszakov, defense minister Andrey Biełousow, Economic Advisor Kiriłł Dmitryjew and Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov.
Although the official schedule of the White House does not include this, according to the initial, original plans, four hours later, around 1.30 Polish time, there was to be a press conference – although on Thursday it was not entirely known whether both leaders or only Trump will take part in it. Putin's advisor on international Yuri Ruszakov announced a joint conference, and the spokeswoman for the White House Karoline Leavitt seemed to confirm this, but President Trump himself admitted in an interview with Fox Radio that he did not know if he would be common yet, but “it would be nice to do first and then separate”. Finally, only the “bilateral program” of Trump and Putin, lasting until 17.45 (at 3.45 in Poland), when the American president is to go back to the White House.
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Summit in Alaska. Donald Trump revealed his main goal
According to the announcement of Trump and his surroundings, The main goal of the American president is to be listening to Putin, to understand his intentions and obtain a suspension of weapons. Trump also said that he would talk about the conversion of territories, but assured that he would not make any decisions in this matter, because they would be made During the next meeting with the participation of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelanski – and perhaps European leaders – to which Trump wants to lead shortly after the summit in Alaska. On Thursday, the American president assessed the chances of success in Anchorage at 75 percent.
Trump also announced that He wants to hang a weapon, and if this does not happen, Russia is waiting for “very severe consequences”.
Russia modifies the negotiating position. Words about the suspension of the weapon were said
Putin and representatives of the Kremlin spoke more economically about the content of the conversations. According to the Wall Street Journal, Russia has slightly modified its negotiating position, offering a suspension of weapons in exchange for the withdrawal of Ukrainians from the rest of the Donbass they controlled.
Putin praised Trump's initiative and talked about the possibility of the next meeting and the conclusion of the nuclear arms controlwhile Uszakow emphasized the “deep historical meaning” of the meeting place, because in Alaska there are graves of Russians, participating in the transport of equipment under the LAND-Lease program during World War II. He noted that he emphasizes this “war friendship” between the two nations.
Uszakow informed that The main topic of the summit will be “regulating the Ukrainian crisis”but leaders will also conduct talks regarding international security as well as trade and economic cooperation of the USA and Russia, in which “there is a great unused potential.”
According to the reports of the British “The Telegraph”, one of such topics is the opening of Alaska to cooperate with the Russian mining industry. When asked about it, Trump neither confirmed or denied.
The largest diplomatic event in Alaska's history. “Almost all hotels have been reserved”
Meeting in less than 300,000 residents of Alaska's largest city is the largest diplomatic event in the history of this place, although there were other leaders' meetings before – in 1971 between President Richard Nixon and the Japanese emperor Hirohito (also in the Elmenorf base), and in 1984 – between Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II. According to Frank Murkowski, a former senator and governor of the state, as well as the father of the current Republican Senator, Lisa Murkowski, during this second meeting discussed, among others Secret US support for solidarity through the CIA and the Catholic Church.
Due to the quickly prepared peak and tourist season, almost all hotels in Anchorage were fully reserved. According to estimates of the city police, up to 700 journalists from around the world could come to Anchorage.
Part of the city's inhabitants, which is currently a liberal island on a conservative Alaska, plan demonstrations against both leaders. The first were already held on Thursday, when several hundred people with Ukrainian flags and banners against Putin and Trump gathered at the Midtown Mall shopping center. Subsequent actions are planned for Friday.
For Vladimir Putin it will be an eighth visit to the USA, but the first in 10 years. During his last journey, the Russian leader performed in September 2015 at the UN General Assembly forum in New York.
